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The Big Five: Peter Jackson, 90, helped to save Indian tigers

December 13, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Part I of a three-part series (See also John & Margaret Craighead led fight to save grizzly bears and Browder helped save the Everglades, Kellert found the current changing for animals.)          Journalist Peter Jackson,  instrumental in saving Indian tigers,  died on December 9,  2016 in London,  England at age 90. Biologists John and Margaret Craighead,  instrumental in […]

Filed Under: Asia/Pacific, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Conservation, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, Hunted species, Hunting & trapping, India, Indian subcontinent, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), Predators, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Bittu Sahgal, Indira Gandhi, Joe Browder, John Craighead, Margaret Craighead, Merritt Clifton, Peter Jackson, Stephen Kellert

Ashok Kumar, 81, brought India’s most notorious poacher to justice

September 6, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Co-founded Wildlife Trust of India      NEW DELHI,  India––Ashok Kumar,  81,  the quiet man of Indian wildlife conservation,  died on August 19,  2016,  after a lifetime of undercover and behind-the-scenes work on behalf of tigers,  elephants,  and every other iconic,  rare,  or struggling species on the subcontinent. Co-founder and president emeritus of the Wildlife […]

Filed Under: Asia, Asia/Pacific, Birds, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered species, Feature Home Bottom, Habitat, India, Indian subcontinent, Laws, Organizations, Poaching & trafficking, Tigers, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Ashok Kumar, Debbie Banks, Merritt Clifton, Sansar Chand, Urmila Shastri, Vivek Menon

Supreme Court of India rules against harvest festival mayhem

January 14, 2016 by Merritt Clifton

Animal Welfare Board of India chair R.M. Kharb & vice-chair Chinny Krishna refuse to quit NEW DELHI,  CHENNAI––Animals may be killed and injured by the hundreds of thousands during the 2016 Indian harvest festivals,  January 12-18,  but the mayhem may not proceed with government approval,  ruled a two-judge bench representing the Supreme Court of India […]

Filed Under: Activism, Animal fighting, Animal racing, Animal rights & welfare, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Birds, Bullfighting, Bullfighting, Cattle & dairy, Cockfighting, Cultural, Culture & Animals, Entertainment, Feature Home Middle Left, Hinduism, Hooved stock, India, Indian subcontinent, Organizations, Other animal fighting, Other animal racing, Politics, Religion & philosophy, Spectacles, Wildlife Tagged With: Animal Welfare Board of India, AWBI, bulbul fighting, Chinny Krishna, Jallikattu, Makar Sankranti, Merritt Clifton, Pongal, R.M. Kharb, Supreme Court of India

Vultures at play keep ghouls away

October 20, 2015 by Merritt Clifton

Loss of vultures haunts the Indian subcontinent          CHANDIGARH,  NAIROBI,  LITTLE ROCK––Vultures darkening the sky,  trees,  and rooftops in growing numbers near slaughterhouses throughout the U.S. South and Midwest in recent years signify as Halloween 2015 approaches that the U.S. has little to fear from ghouls. Ghouls,  in original definition,  are grave robbers and scavengers […]

Filed Under: Adaptive species, Africa, Asia/Pacific, Asian religions, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet, Birds, Birds, Buddhism, Central Asia, Cultural, Culture & Animals, India, Indian subcontinent, North Africa, Other, Religion & philosophy, Sub-Saharan, Urban wildlife, USA, Wildlife, Wildlife Tagged With: Lindsay Oaks, Merritt Clifton, Parsees, Zoroastrians

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